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volitionalist

volitionalist noun: an advocate of volitionalism.

Noun

volitionalist (plural volitionalists)

  1. An advocate of volitionalism
    • I hope to have shown in this section that the rational relations account of moral responsibility can license precisely the kinds of “deep” moral assessments that volitionalist accounts purport to justify.2006 December 15, Angela M. Smith, “Control, responsibility, and moral assessment”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 138, number 3, →DOI

Forms of volitionalist

pluralvolitionalists

Origin of volitionalist

From volitional + -ist.

Questions about volitionalist

What does volitionalist mean?
Volitionalist means an advocate of volitionalism.
What part of speech is volitionalist?
Volitionalist is a noun.
What is the plural of volitionalist?
The plural of volitionalist is volitionalists.

Words near volitionalist in the dictionary

  1. volitient
  2. volitile
  3. volition
  4. volitional
  5. volitionalism
  6. volitionalist
  7. volitionalists
  8. volitionality
  9. volitionally
  10. volitionals
  11. volitionary

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